Orbital Motion in Strongly Perturbed Environments Applications to Asteroid, Comet and Planetary Satellite Orbiters /

• Main Author: Scheeres, Daniel J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Geophysics.; Mechanics.; Space sciences.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Automotive engineering.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Automotive Engineering.

The proposed book will provide a detailed, technical introduction to the analysis of orbital motion in strongly perturbed environments, focusing on motion about small Solar System bodies, such as comets and asteroids. The author shows why such small bodies are of interest and why they can be used as...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Background
• Modelling the Small Body Environment
• Equations of Motion
• Properties of Solutions to the Equations of Motion
• Methods of Analysis and their Application
• Ballistic Motion on and about Small Bodies
• Powered Motion on and about Small Bodies
• Mechanics of Multi-body Small Body Systems
• Advanced Topics and Future Applications.